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1909 Lozier Model J Briarcliff Roadster, owned by Corky Coker of Coker Tire. Photo by Tommy Lee Byrd.
Its cars once sold for roughly twice the price of a Packard and nine times the price of a Ford Model T. At the very first Indy 500, a stock example — minus the rear seat, fenders, and lights, ... Read more

Porsche is one of this year’s featured marques, and this 1956 Porsche 356A Speedster will be on display. Photo courtesy Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance.
First held in 1992, the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance has had several homes on the Palos Verdes Peninsula over the years. In ... Read more

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1964 Lotus 34, chassis 2. Photos courtesy Bonhams, unless otherwise noted.
It was driven in period by A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones and Jim Clark. With Jones driving, Lotus 34, chassis 2, earned its first pole, and first win, at Trenton in September 1964, but it was Foyt who’d racked up s ... Read more

Richard Petty’s last Chrysler stock car, a 1977 1978 Dodge Magnum. Photos courtesy Dragone Auctions.
For the first two decades of Richard Petty’s legendary stock car racing career, and excluding the 1969 season when he drove a Ford, The King had an unwavering loyalty to Mopar products. The ... Read more

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Pete Lovely crosses the finish line at Laguna Seca’s opening race in the poster art, painted by Bill Patterson, for this year’s Motorsport Reunion. Images courtesy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Chances are good that no one had money on Pete Lovely, driving a 2.0-liter Ferrari 500 TR, to wi ... Read more

Emerson Fittipaldi at Daytona, circa 1975. Photo by Bill Warner.
He’s a two-time Formula 1 World Champion, and at the time of his first title in 1972 was the youngest driver, at age 25, then crowned. He’s also a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1989 and 1993), and in 1989 captur ... Read more

1958 Lister-Jaguar “Knobbly,” one of two such cars delivered to Briggs Cunningham in 1958. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions.
Briggs Cunningham desperately sought victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a car of his own construction. By 1955, he began to recognize that this goal was, perhaps ... Read more

Image courtesy The Race of Gentlemen.
It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong, especially knowing the naysayers will be quick to crow, “I told you so.” But that’s exactly what Mel Stultz, founder of The Race of Gentlemen did on June 21 when he postponed the Bonneville Sa ... Read more

Mark Donohue at Indianapolis in 1972; he’d capture his sole Indy 500 that year. Photo courtesy IMS.
Mark Donohue was as passionate about safety as he was about driving and chassis development. During his time with the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC), Mark created driver education seminars to ... Read more